MEET THE COACHES 

Alana Hartley 

Alana joined the coaching team in 2021 and brings 6 years of coaching experience to the club. Alana is originally from Perth and swam competitively for 10 years with the Perth City and her high school swimming club.

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Fun Facts: When I am not at the pool.....playing indoor hockey or cooking up a storm in the kitchen 

Favorite movie..... Looking Alibrandi
Things I love most about NSC.. The swimmers! Of course :) 

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Joanne Stephen

Coach Jo got involved with NSC in 2009 and it didn't take her long to step up and into a coaching role in 2010. Last year Jo qualified as a level 1 Referee with Swimming WA and is a qualified SAT-CS swimming Australia teacher of competitive strokes. Jo is currently in the final stages of completing her qualifications as a development coach. She wears many hats and is a very much loved coach to all our squids and a valued member of the NSC team. 

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Proudest Moment at NSC...

Every time I see one of my swimmers do something in a competition that they didn't think they could do.

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If you fell into the pool and any celebrity could save you, who would it be....

Captain Jack Sparrow 

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Steve Douglas 

Coach Steve is another friendly face around our club. He's got a great rapport with our swimmers and is always there to offer a helping hand where needed. Steve has been involved in the club since 2010 when Jo got his daughter Caitlyn involved. Steve has coached for about 8 years and is a technical offical with swimming WA 

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Chad Hunt 

I was a competitive swimmer as a junior and swam for the York swimming Club including competing at Country Pennants and various Swimming carnivals for a number of years.

I was also lucky enough to be selected in the state Country Swimming team that toured Singapore when I was a junior. I have always continued an interest in swimming and when my children become involved in the Northam Swimming Club I also decided to be more involved with the Club.

All of my coaches when I was swimming were volunteers and therefore I wanted to be involved in giving something back to the sport. I have completed my Swimming Australia Teacher of Competitive Swimming  and am in the process of completing the Bronze coaching course.

I still swim for fitness and fun, a few Open water Swims and at the odd Country Pennants race when needed.

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I am also involved in trying to establish Master Swimming in Northam – again targeting those that want to swim for fitness and fun and the odd competition.